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>Mary is showing me her Son more fully through this practice.
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>I feel it makes me calmer and more at peace and close to the will of Jesus. It makes me a kinder person especially to my wife. It makes me kinder to my children.

YES! If only more non-Catholic christians understood this!

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>I am ashamed for not wanting to be be close to Mary for so long.

If you're willing to take the next step, try "33 Days to Morning Glory" by Michael Gaitley. If you love Mary, then you won't regret it :D

Never was into BDSM, but I'm a guy, so take it for what it's worth.

Get into praying the rosary, and perhaps considering making a consecration to Mary (St Louis de Monfort talks this, as well as the book 33 Days to Morning Glory.

Mary is the absolute best defense against the attacks of the devil when it comes to lust. Take my word for it.

>Should I leave after the mass has ended since everyone who remains in the church seems to be participating?

That's what I would do.

I'm doing Marian Consecration at home using 33 Days to Morning Glory. There are quite a few ways out there to one, and this one is fairly straightforward. I'm not familiar with the one w/ OLPH.

Nice story. You might consider consecrating yourself to Jesus through Mary. My wife and I did so this past year.

Since you have been away from Church for a while and if you have the resources this DVD series by Bishop Robert Barron is an excellent (re)introduction to Catholicism.

What a great desire! I heartily fifth the recommendation to pray the rosary daily! Here is a video (I think I saw it posted here somewhat recently, but in case you didn't see it...) on the rosary by Fr. Don Calloway, MIC. It's a good video.

I recently finished total consecration to Jesus through Mary and I cannot recommend it enough. This is a link to St. Louis de Montfort's method for consecration. It also includes links to parts of True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary written by that saint which can be read for free on that site. (If you like physical books, you can also find it cheaply on Amazon)

I used 33 Days to Morning Glory for my consecration preparation. Use whichever you want.

You can also consider reading the Life of Mary as Seen by the Mystics. A short compilation of several Catholic mystics relaying Mary's life as told by Mary when those mystics had visions of Mary. I was quite skeptical about this book, but my mom lent it to me and I decided to give it a try. It brought me closer to Jesus, Mary and St. Joseph. I have found this book helped me tremendously with meditating on the mysteries while praying the rosary.

People usually follow a specific course of prayers in preparation. Most follow the formula of St. Louis Marie de Montfort or a modified version, such as 33 Days to Morning Glory.

Hihi!

I really liked the book 33 Days to Morning Glory a friend recommended it and it was super easy to follow, not overwhelming, and had so many excellent reflections.

I'm glad to have done the consecration, it helped me a lot on my faith journey.

Perhaps this could interfere with another consecration or make it seem burdensome to do multiple ones, but at the end of the day, this all leads to Christ. To Jesus through Mary. :)

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask! The consecration is not until the end of the book/journey, so you can always opt out and just use it as an educational tool.

You can consecrate yourself to Christ through Mary on any day of the year - God would not restrict such a beautiful gift to certain days.

However, it is tradition, and somewhat more meaningful, to consecrate yourself on a Marian feast day. Typically you try to time it so the traditional 33 days of study/prayer finish on the day before the consecration, and you do your consecration on the 34th day, which would be a Marian feast day. I finished mine recently, on the Our Lady of the Rosary fest day.

I would highly recommend St. Louis de Montford's guide, but when I did my consecration, I used not only that book but also the more modern 33 Days to Morning Glory. The 33 Days book is a little more modern in its text and easier to understand, but the original guide by St. Louis de Montford had many more prayers and a more in-depth introduction to Mary that I greatly appreciated. So for my 33 day study, I used both, which I highly recommend, since I felt like I learned a lot from both.

You plan on being Catholic too? That's great, what were you before your decision to be in RCIA?

Btw Mary will really help you "feel" the religion a lot more and the spirituality behind it. Many Catholics read this book

https://www.amazon.com/Days-Morning-Glory-Do-Yourself/dp/1596142448

and it helps them out a lot...I can understand if you have objections to it so don't worry <3 Its just something that helps a lot though and helps you become one with God a lot more.

33 days to Morning Glory is an excellent book that takes a look at Marian consecration from the view of 4 great Saints. This author has also written a few other amazing books. The journaling you do with this program is life-changing. The website is pretty great too, the last I checked (a few years ago).

And then of course there is the Montefort classic True Devotion to Mary which is what many many people from laypersons to popes have used to consecrate themselves.

Give either book a read through and talk with your local priest. Also lots of prayer. Like, LOTS of prayer. Also I've been slowly feeling a call back to Catholicism and back to my Consecration, so thank you for your post.

My mom got me this book called "33 Days to Morning Glory", and its a easy to follow version of how to consecrate yourself to mary and what it means. You have to prepare 33 days before a Marian feast day (for Lent I was prepping for the Annunciation) and then you're closer to Mary in special ways and try to be more intentional in the way you live to honor her, and she brings you closer to Jesus. I'd recommend the book, my faith life was getting rather boring and repeptive and this was a nice refresher and good thing to read every morning.
Here's a link to amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Days-Morning-Glory-Do-Yourself/dp/1596142448/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522042462&sr=8-1&keywords=33+days+to+morning+glory+book

Check out 33 Days to Morning Glory.

It's meant to be read in short blocks daily for 33 days to prepare for consecration to Mary...whether you do consecration or not, it's worth spending 5 minutes a day for a month to understand all the fuss about Mary.

What I would do in your place is (as always) do your duties (work, etc) as usual, and try to go to Adoration as often as you can.

And there, don't do anything but sit and look at Him. Perhaps read something like this - but just listen.

The key to finding the answer is often to stop looking for an answer; because we're asking the wrong questions.

I love Mariology!

Tim Staples' book Behold Your Mother talks about the Marian doctrines, the proof for them, etc., so this could help draw your mother closer to Mary.

Scott Hahn's Hail, Holy Queen is an intense Biblical breakdown of Mary and her allusion to from the first pages of Genesis in the Old Testament to the Book of Revelation

Finally, because of her strong attachment to Mary, I'd recommend 33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat In Preparation for Marian Consecration

> I've read about Saints fasting and praying and then experiencing some revelation or moment of clarity or discerning their vocation.

I took a quick look at your post history to get a sense of your current life situation since the circumstances we are already in will tend to affect what we could be called to do in future and what we can do at the moment.

First, try to spend a little time regularly in prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament, i.e., either sitting in a quiet church where you can see the tabernacle, or, at Eucharistic Adoration.

Second, if there's a parish in your area that holds a retreat for women, and if your circumstances make it possible to go on a retreat, then I'd consider it. That would be a cool thing for a college student because they're got no strings (like Pinocchio sings about) but I am a working parent who does not have a lot of help so I am aware that can be hard to do anymore. So if that's not possible, then I would suggest increasing the amount of prayer time in your life but in a small and sustainable way (aim for something that you can definitely do every day)... this might be lectio divina (someone here can hook you up with how to do that, or there are websites) and quiet contemplation, or might be part of Liturgy of the Hours (you can pause sometimes for a bit of silence when you're doing it on your own; there should be some pauses when it's done in a group as well but sometimes people forget). Or, another good option is https://www.amazon.com/Days-Morning-Glory-Do-Yourself/dp/1596142448 33 Days to Morning Glory which describes itself as a "do-it-yourself retreat".

I would also try to find a spiritual director (which is a whole other topic). Historically, nuns or other holy women who fasted or did other penance had a regular confessor to report to and they would ask him if it was ok to do the kind of fasting or physical penance that they were planning to do (this helps people to stay safe from, first, things that are unhealthy, and, second, from pride.) But more importantly it is someone to talk to if/when there is some kind of revelation or moment of clarity or just frustration at having a shapeless feeling of being called to something but having no idea what. The nice thing about priests (as spiritual directors in that situation) is that they have had to discern a vocation (pretty much by definition) so they have some practical sense of what it is like.

I'm reading 3 this lent (the first 3) but recommend everything.

• Mother Theresa Come Be My Light The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta
  
• 33 Days To Morning Glory: A Do-It Yourself Retreat In Preparation For Marian Consecration
  
• David Steindl Rast - Gratefulness, The Heart of Prayer An Approach To Life In Fullness
  
• Romano Guardini - The Art Of Praying

Please, you can be more direct. I know what you're getting at in your passive-aggressiveness. You're insinuating that I'm an idolater. But, at any rate:

No, it never directly says that, although it can certainly be inferred through logic as a perfectly reasonable show of piety. As an example, also from the aforementioned book:

> Our good Master stooped to enclose himself in the womb of the Blessed Virgin, a captive but loving slave, and to make himself subject to her for thirty years. As I said earlier, the human mind is bewildered when it reflects seriously upon this conduct of Incarnate Wisdom. He did not choose to give himself in a direct manner to the human race though he could easily have done so. He chose to come through the Virgin Mary. Thus he did not come into the world independently of others in the flower of his manhood, but he came as a frail little child dependent on the care and attention of his Mother. Consumed with the desire to give glory to God, his Father, and save the human race, he saw no better or shorter way to do so than by submitting completely to Mary.

> He did this not just for the first eight, ten or fifteen years of his life like other children, but for thirty years. He gave more glory to God, his Father, during all those years of submission and dependence than he would have given by spending them working miracles, preaching far and wide, and converting all mankind. Otherwise he would have done all these things.

> What immeasurable glory then do we give to God when, following the example of Jesus, we submit to Mary! With such a convincing and well- known example before us, can we be so foolish as to believe that there is a better and shorter way of giving God glory than by submitting ourselves to Mary, as Jesus did?

And it's not like it detracts glory from God. It amplifies it toward Him.

> This devotion, when faithfully undertaken, is a perfect means of ensuring that the value of all our good works is being used for the greater glory of God. Scarcely anyone works for that noble end, in spite of the obligation to do so, either because men do not know where God's greatest glory is to be found or because they do not desire it. Now Mary, to whom we surrender the value and merit of our good actions, knows perfectly well where God's greatest glory lies and she works only to promote that glory. The devout servant of our Lady, having entirely consecrated himself to her as I have described above, can boldly claim that the value of all his actions, words and thoughts is used for the greatest glory of God, unless he has explicitly retracted his offering. For one who loves God with a pure and unselfish love and prizes God's glory and interests far above his own, could anything be more consoling?

Before bashing Catholic Mariology, I recommend reading de Montfort's book, or for a more modern read, 33 Days to Morning Glory. I promise you won't spontaneously combust for reading them.

You might want to consider making a consecration to Mary, perhaps to coincide with your birthday and confirmation. (The links are to a newer book, and an older version of the same idea, with the older one written by a saint and the newer one referencing lots of saints.)

Sure! They're lots of different websites if you just google it, but if you want to learn even more, I recommend picking up [33 Days to Morning Glory] (https://www.amazon.com/Days-Morning-Glory-Do-Yourself/dp/1596142448) and just reading about it, even if you're not prepared to make your consecration now!